§ Mr. Eadieasked the Minister of Labour what were the unemployment figures in Scotland in the years 1952 to 1968, respectively, for March, giving a break up of the figures for male, female 181W and juvenile unemployment in each respective year.
TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED IN SCOTLAND Men Boys Women Girls Total 17th March, 1952 … … … 39,665 1,510 25,821 2,239 69,235 16th March, 1953 … … … 43,643 1,266 25,553 1,574 72,036 15th March, 1954 … … … 44,418 1,636 23,126 1,463 70,643 14th March, 1955 … … … 37,749 1,464 19,377 1,313 59,903 12th March, 1956 … … … 35,576 1,338 17,999 1,296 56,209 11th March, 1957 … … … 40,237 1,340 20,360 1,201 63,138 17th March, 1958 … … … 52,736 2,066 22,478 1,628 78,908 9th March, 1959 … … … 70,433 4,070 26,418 2,112 103,033 14th March, 1960 … … … 62,754 3,355 24,182 1,576 91,867 13th March, 1961 … … … 48,873 1,894 20,164 1,276 72,207 12th March, 1962 … … … 55,302 2,674 20,457 1,794 80,227 11th March, 1963 … … … 88,904 5,823 27,039 3,592 125,358 16th March, 1964 … … … 62,225 3,469 24,146 2,225 92,065 8th March, 1965 … … … 49,720 2,293 19,986 1,782 73,781 14th March, 1966 … … … 42,079 1,780 15,770 1,203 60,382 13th March, 1967 … … … 61,728 2,583 21,263 2,115 87,689 11th March, 1968 (provisional) … 64,663 2,409 18,286 1,523 86,881